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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 22, 1878
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 7/16 in. (42.2 × 29.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.433
Not on view
DescriptionLion sitting center right with bear sitting to its left. Four cliffs above them with a bird on top of each. From left to right cliffs read "America / $", "Exposition / France", "Austria", and "Germany". Captioned "'Let's be friends, and prevent those 'Eagles' from having a good time at our expense.'--A FABLE." typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Markings
None noted.
Signature
Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XXII.-No. 1121: New York, Saturday, June 22, 1878." Script inscription in pencil in upper right corner of sheet.
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 1, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.281
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 16, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.268
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 24, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.391
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 1, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.250
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1878
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.417